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  • Name: Sydie
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  • Region: South Carolina
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Exercise 101 - How to avoid it with Excuses!

I think the one thing other than my weight that I obsess on the most and never do much about is exercise.  Now don't get me wrong, I do work with weights for 15-20 minutes every other night and actually can really tell results from that but cardio......Forget about it!   I am even a member of Curves that is like 5 inches from my office, seriously, I can walk out the front door and see it down the street.  Here is my problem or excuse in a nutshell.  I have two small children (yeah, Yeah I use them as an excuse a lot) and I work full time so I have very little time for myself.  I have an hour at lunch most days and an hour before they get home in the afternoon.  Now being a 41 year old mom of a 18 month old and a 3 year old is damn exhausting.  On a good night I get maybe 6-7 hours of sleep and that is with interruptions usually so I don't feel that refreshed every day.  At lunch I normally just want to chill for a bit and after work for that one hour, I want to put my feet up and get ready for the hurricane that happens when my little ones hit the door wide open.  Sooooooo, its hard for me to think of giving that time up to exercise even though I must to take this to the next level.  Any ideas on motivation would be wonderful!  Also, anyone take any great, miracle vitamins or food that gives you some energy so there is something left for exercise?    I will mention that we leave every morning at 6:30 so there is no time there and I can't get up at 4am like Tatumsmom (you are my hero for doing that, you are)!!  Its late when everyone goes to bed as well so count that out.

Comments to this post:

Me too!

I love to wave at people when they flip me off.  I blow kisses too.  My daddy taught me that one.  Though I think it had more effect when he did it.  LOL!

As for motivation... really, it's all about choices.  If you would rather have that downtime than exercise, that's your choice.  But with choices come either consequences or results.  You know?  But it's all up to you.




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